Geospatial Data Coordinator

University at Buffalo; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health and retirement福利

Job summary

The University at Buffalo's Office of Campus Planning seeks a geographic and architectural minded professional to maintain spatial information critical to planning and reporting across the university. This role manages architectural drawings, campus basemap data, and related GIS datasets.

You will audit field data, update room numbers and geometry from renovations, lead the AutoCAD to Revit transition, and implement ArcGIS Indoors, collaborating across Campus Planning, University Facilities, and

Qualifications

• Strong experience maintaining spatial datasets for facilities or campus planning.
• Ability to extract and standardize room numbers, geometry, and related attributes from construction projects.
• Excellent collaboration with campus planning, facilities, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Maintain architectural drawings in AutoCAD and align with space inventory and GIS workflows.
• Coordinate with renovations and capital projects to update spatial datasets.
• Review construction data to update room numbers, geometry, greenspace, sidewalks, and accessibility routes.
• Oversee transition of drawing inventory from 2D AutoCAD to Revit.
• Implement ArcGIS Indoors across campus.
• Promote data quality and cross-department collaboration to support planning decisions.
• Develop strategies to support UB's Top 25 goals through facilities data and planning.

Skills

Geospatial data management

GIS analysis

Data quality stewardship

Education

Bachelor's degree in GIS, Geography, Architecture, or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

ArcGIS Indoors

Job description

The Office of Campus Planning, a part of University Facilities, seeks a dedicated geographic and architectural minded professional to maintain the constantly evolving spatial information required to meet the university’s needs. The university maintains a large inventory of architectural floor plans which directly support UB’s physical space inventory, architectural design efforts, and various planning processes. This position will ensure the University maintains this critical set of information used for planning and reporting across all levels of the institution. In addition, this position will oversee the maintenance of campus-wide datasets including the official campus basemap, and various other datasets native to GIS. Accurate data is key for the University’s overall mission as a flagship SUNY research institution.

• Work with Campus Planning staff and perform construction field audits to continually improve the accuracy of the University's spatial information.
• Maintain architectural drawings of all university facilities in AutoCAD and assure they are compliant with our space inventory, and geographic information systems.
• Coordinate with internal and external entities on renovations, capital construction, departmental updates, or operational work orders to get the information required to update UB’s spatial data systems.
• Review all construction projects to extract data needed to update various information systems such as room numbers and geometry, greenspace, sidewalks, accessible routes, door locations, tree inventory. etc.
• Develop and implement the transition of the University’s architectural drawing inventory from 2D AutoCAD to Revit.
• Implement ArcGIS Indoors across the campus
• Enhance and foster a culture of collaboration within Campus Planning, University Facilities and the university community to promote data quality as a fundamental aspect for good decision making.
• Develop strategies, to support UB’s Top 25 goal through operational excellence, delivery of cutting-edge facilities, services and spaces that support the ongoing work of the university, attract world-class faculty & staff, and increase student retention.

Outstanding Benefits Package

Working at UB comes with benefits that exceed salary alone. There are personal rewards including comprehensive health and retirement plan options. We also focus on creating and sustaining a healthy mix of work, personal and academic pursuit - all in an effort to support your work-life effectiveness. We support your growth and development through our career coaching and training department and we qualify as a public service loan forgiveness organization. Learn more about our benefit packages.

About The University At Buffalo

The University at Buffalo (UB) #ubuffalo is one of America’s leading public research universities and a flagship of the State University of New York system, recognized for our excellence and our impact. UB is a premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence. Our research, creative activity and people positively impact the world. Like the city we call home, UB is distinguished by a culture of resilient optimism, resourceful thinking and pragmatic dreaming that enables us to reach others every day. Visit our website to learn more about the University at Buffalo.

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University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.